come-at-able

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I shall begin immediately after the holy week, for until the forestieri, of which there are a fabulous number, have gone to their respective summer quarters, neither piano nor masters are in any way come-at-able.

From The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume I by Barrington, Mrs. Russell

Poor girl! she was barely fifteen, and without this consent her little amount in the funds was not come-at-able until five immeasurable summers had “dragged their slow length along.”

From Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 6 by Sylvester, Charles Herbert

If this picture is not come-at-able, I shall be happy to send that I have here, of which you will acquaint me, and send particular directions of the place and time it may be expected.

From Memoirs of the Life and Correspondence of Henry Reeve, C.B., D.C.L. In Two Volumes. Volume II. by Laughton, John Knox

He might sacrifice something for the first, but the latter were too plentiful and too come-at-able to be worth great cost.

From A Crooked Path A Novel by Alexander, Mrs.

Julia, sitting over the fire, finding she cannot get Dulce to gossip with—Dulce, indeed, is not come-at-able of late—turns gratefully to Portia, who happens to come into the room at this moment.

From Portia or By Passions Rocked by Duchess